Frank Maple

A good person and colleague who always had the needs and interests of others in mind.

I have many wonderful memories of Frank. He was extremely helpful in finding me a part-time school social work job that enabled me to continue my second year studies. He supervised me during that year, as well. He was personable, spoke of his family (especially his daughter who was thinking about college in Texas), and was a great mentor. Throughout the years when I had the fortune of talking with him it was always a pleasure. He was one of the staples of the U of M School of Social Work, and...

Frank was a valuable faculty member. He was extremely devoted to helping his students. He had innovative ways of teaching that students loved. He had many ideas about practice that he wrote about and taught. I worked with him for over 5o years and valued him greatly.

Charles Garvin

Worked with Frank for over fifty years. He was very dedicated to students, to his ideas of excellent and effective social work practice. He was a hard worker and a valuable faculty member.
Charles Garvin

Frank Maple was my faculty-based field supervisor as a first year student in group work at UM in 1964. Along with two other students, I was placed in an innovative drop-out prevention program funded by the Mott Foundation in the Flint Michigan public schools. Frank provided support, much practice wisdom and gave considerable latitude to what was essentially, 'social work without walls'. On our first meeting, when I disclosed my fellowship had been temporarily delayed and he wrote out a...

Rocky says it well; God Speed Frank.


Dr's Skip and Becky Barcy

Frank was a prince,brilliant kind and just a wonderful man.